Thomas McElree Johnston

Background

Johnston, Thomas McElree was born on December 19, 1897 in Ben Avon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Lawrence and Eunice Isabel (McElree) Johnston.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Westminster College, 1920; Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1924.

Career

Practice law, Miami, Florida, from 1925; associate, Evans & Mershon, 1925-1938; partner, Evans, Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston & Simmons, 1938-1964; partner, Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody, Mehrtens & Cole, from 1964. Special assistant to attorney general United States to handle Okeechobee Flood Control Project, 1933-1945. Board directors L.B. Wilson, Inc.

Achievements

• Bar: Pennsylvania 1924, Florida 1925.

Membership

Member Welfare Planning Council, Miami, 1952-1953. Member Government Research Council, from 1962. Board directors Visiting Nurses Association.

Board directors, member Executive Committee Ednl. television Foundation. Chairman, Board Of Directors Coral Gables (Florida) Young Men’s Christian Association. Board directors, vice president board Metropolitan Young Men’s Christian Association, Miami.

Trustee local Presbyterian Church. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, Dade County Bar Association (board directors), American Law Institute, Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, Miami Club, Riviera Counry Club, Coral Gables Country Club. M C.

Connections

Married Lorine Davis, July 11, 1i33. Children: Thomas McElree, Anne Lorine (Mistress Fred W. Beesley Junior), Mary Margaret (Mistress Charles P. Monroe), Shepherd.

Father:

Samuel Lawrence Johnston

Mother:

Eunice Isabel (McElree) Johnston

Spouse:

Lorine Davis

child:

Thomas McElree Johnston

child:

Shepherd Johnston

child:

Mary Margaret Johnston (Mistress Charles P. Monroe)

child:

Anne Lorine Johnston (Mistress Fred W. Beesley Junior)